Mega Thread "I need to vent" thread.

[neilk]

I’m a shareholder and I have no issue with the abolition of franking credits. It’s a nice perk but essentially a taxpayer handout for those wealthy enough to buy shares.

Just about everyone with superannuation will have some investment in shares.

 

[manicpie]

And a commentator compared to a reporter...??
What is the vital difference?
Do you understand that?

Ease up there fella. My opinion is just as valid as yours

 

[Black_White]

Ease up there fella. My opinion is just as valid as yours

No problem.
Would have been nice if you had answered the question though.....

 

[Markfs]

Just about everyone with superannuation will have some investment in shares.

i think you have to actually own shares and get dividends which are franked more than your marginal rate of tax, in order to get these extra credits.....people who set their own self managed superannuation...

. a person who has money in an super industry fund cant get access to that.

 

[Anzacday]

Dog walkers please keep your dogs on the left of you.
Cyclists please ring your bell when at least 100m away.
Not when you’re right up a pedestrians clacker.
Give them time to react, (other than to *@it their pants).

 

[Vicky Park]

Dog walkers please keep your dogs on the left of you.
Cyclists please ring your bell when at least 100m away.
Not when you’re right up a pedestrians clacker.
Give them time to react, (other than to *@it their pants).

I go for walks in Royal Park, some of which are along the Capital City Trail, a ‘shared’ path for walkers and cyclists. It’s always busy. Most cyclists are careful of the walkers, and slow down or ring their bell. But others are maniacs. You don’t hear them coming and they are going full pelt, whizzing past with only centimetres in it. It’s actually quite dangerous, and not a place I’d walk with kids.

 

[jathanas]

Seven's Pete Evans exits $800,000 My Kitchen Rules role

Celebrity chef Pete Evans has activated his last almond by parting company with the Seven Network and his My Kitchen Rules $800,000 contract with the broadcaster after the hit show tanked.

www.theage.com.au

Breaks my heart, but maybe this will allow Pete to focus on his passions: Vitamin A bone broth for newborns and lava lamps that can defeat covid-19.

 

[Vicky Park]

Seven's Pete Evans exits $800,000 My Kitchen Rules role

Celebrity chef Pete Evans has activated his last almond by parting company with the Seven Network and his My Kitchen Rules $800,000 contract with the broadcaster after the hit show tanked.

www.theage.com.au

Breaks my heart, but maybe this will allow Pete to focus on his passions: Vitamin A bone broth for newborns and lava lamps that can defeat covid-19.

I bought one of his cookbooks years ago, before I realised he was a dangerous lunatic. Now I deeply regret contributing to his income.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Dog walkers please keep your dogs on the left of you.
Cyclists please ring your bell when at least 100m away.
Not when you’re right up a pedestrians clacker.
Give them time to react, (other than to *@it their pants).

Some dogs just won't walk on the left. And cyclists should not be on pedestrian paths at all. There is a plethora of bike tracks and lanes for them to use.

 

[Anzacday]

Some dogs just won't walk on the left

Only because their owners have allowed that to be the case.

And cyclists should not be on pedestrian paths at all. There is a plethora of bike tracks and lanes for them to use.

I'm talking about a shared path.
Shared by pedestrians, joggers, cyclists and dog walkers.

 

[Black_White]

I go for walks in Royal Park, some of which are along the Capital City Trail, a ‘shared’ path for walkers and cyclists. It’s always busy. Most cyclists are careful of the walkers, and slow down or ring their bell. But others are maniacs. You don’t hear them coming and they are going full pelt, whizzing past with only centimetres in it. It’s actually quite dangerous, and not a place I’d walk with kids.

And this is why bicycles must be registered so that you can report them.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Only because their owners have allowed that to be the case.

I'm talking about a shared path.
Shared by pedestrians, joggers, cyclists and dog walkers.

I walk and look after dogs for something to do these days and there are numerous dogs that have not been trained to walk on the left.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Only because their owners have allowed that to be the case.

I'm talking about a shared path.
Shared by pedestrians, joggers, cyclists and dog walkers.

I'm not fond of those sort of paths. Bike riders can be arrogant.

 

[jmac70]

Some dogs just won't walk on the left. And cyclists should not be on pedestrian paths at all. There is a plethora of bike tracks and lanes for them to use.

So true. My dog walks wherever he wants.

 

[Anzacday]

I'm not fond of those sort of paths. Bike riders can be arrogant.

I am on them daily as a cyclist.
There certainly is a stigma attached to cyclists.
So much so, I find, (some) pedestrians are quite antagonistic towards me assuming we, (cyclists) are all the same.
That's life, I will educate them with my actions over time.
I am also a a dog lover/owner and a car driver and ride accordingly i.e, with empathy.
My frustration is with fellow arrogant cyclists and the dog walkers who put their loved ones in harms way.

 

[jathanas]

I am on them daily as a cyclist.
There certainly is a stigma attached to cyclists.
So much so, I find, (some) pedestrians are quite antagonistic towards me assuming we, (cyclists) are all the same.
That's life, I will educate them with my actions over time.
I am also a a dog lover/owner and a car driver and ride accordingly i.e, with empathy.
My frustration is with fellow arrogant cyclists and the dog walkers who put their loved ones in harms way.

I was a keen cyclist for years and my observations are the same.

I avoided bike paths unless I was happy to cruise.

The more experienced I got the slower I rode on shared paths (if I had to be on one at all). Saved my fast riding for the big hill rides or racing. It's the wannabes that ride stupidly on shared paths, not serious or experienced cyclists; that's my observation.

I avoided big group rides as well knowing how much they piss people off. A bunch of 4-6 riders heading towards Kinglake was usually my group ride (if I wasn't MTBing).

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

I am on them daily as a cyclist.
There certainly is a stigma attached to cyclists.
So much so, I find, (some) pedestrians are quite antagonistic towards me assuming we, (cyclists) are all the same.
That's life, I will educate them with my actions over time.
I am also a a dog lover/owner and a car driver and ride accordingly i.e, with empathy.
My frustration is with fellow arrogant cyclists and the dog walkers who put their loved ones in harms way.

Sorry Anzacday if I had known you were a cyclist i'd have made a derogatory remark about a pedestrian or dog walker instead!

 

[Black_White]

I am on them daily as a cyclist.
There certainly is a stigma attached to cyclists.
So much so, I find, (some) pedestrians are quite antagonistic towards me assuming we, (cyclists) are all the same.
That's life, I will educate them with my actions over time.
I am also a a dog lover/owner and a car driver and ride accordingly i.e, with empathy.
My frustration is with fellow arrogant cyclists and the dog walkers who put their loved ones in harms way.

You are wasting your time trying to “educate” us with your actions.
Because the number of arrogant riders far outweigh the responsible ones.

 

[sr36]

I grew up in the country and never had a dog when I lived in Melbourne, but is being expected to walk your dog on the left actually a thing?

 

[Anzacday]

I grew up in the country and never had a dog when I lived in Melbourne, but is being expected to walk your dog on the left actually a thing?

No it’s not.
I‘m an advocate of it for shared paths though.
Otherwise the dogs wander across in to oncoming pedestrians, joggers and riders.
As for the ones not on leads on the paths, that’s another story

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

And this is why bicycles must be registered so that you can report them.

for what? Riding past somebody too close?

Thats not even a law for cars passing bikes on the road

 

[neilk]

You are wasting your time trying to “educate” us with your actions.
Because the number of arrogant riders far outweigh the responsible ones.

They do at the moment with so many inexperienced riders out that wouldn’t normally ride bikes. I’m spending more time on Zwift in the garage setup. Much prefer the road over shared bike paths.

 

[Magpie Girl]

Why don’t cyclists use their bells?
And they generally ride too fast on the shared paths

 

[jathanas]

Why don’t cyclists use their bells?
And they generally ride too fast on the shared paths

Expensive bikes don't come with bells MG, and a bell is seen as a daggy thing to have.

 

[Magpie Girl]

Expensive bikes don't come with bells MG, and a bell is seen as a daggy thing to have.

I know ‘real’ cyclists think they’re daggy but the problem for the walkers is that you can’t hear the bikes coming